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Bristol-based young people homeless charity 1625 Independent People launch their winter 2025 campaign ‘Not Everyone Goes Home for Christmas'(Image: 1625 Independent People)<\/p>\nNot Everyone Goes Home for Christmas says Bristol-based homeless charity 1625Bristol-based young people homeless charity 1625 Independent People launch their winter 2025 campaign ‘Not Everyone Goes Home for Christmas'(Image: 1625 Independent People)<\/p>\n
A Bristol-based charity which aims to help young people under the age of 25 who find themselves homeless has launched a new campaign to raise much-needed funds before Christmas, after a steep rise in the number of young people needing their help.<\/p>\n
The charity 1625 Independent People has emergency and temporary accommodation across Bristol and South Gloucestershire<\/a> and said that in 2025 it helped almost 2,000 young people in immediate housing crisis.<\/p>\n The new campaign for this Christmas and New Year is called \u2018Not Everyone Goes Home for Christmas\u2019, and is aiming to raise money from the people of Bristol who are in secure housing. The hard-hitting campaign shines a light on what the charity said is the \u2018harsh reality that not all young people have a safe place to go during the festive season\u2019. They said they need the donations to keep vital services running.<\/p>\n \u201cFor many of us, Christmas is a time to return home to loved ones,\u201d said Kim James-Coggins, from 1625. \u201cFor hundreds of thousands of young people, this simply isn\u2019t an option.<\/p>\n \u201cRising living costs and the ongoing housing crisis \u2013 especially in Bristol \u2013 mean more young people are at risk than ever. Donations are essential to help us provide safe spaces and support during the cold winter months,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n This year has seen more than 1,900 young people needing 1625\u2019s help, as figures show homelessness more generally has climbed 25 per cent since the Covid pandemic. Back then, the then Conservative Government reacted to the pandemic by providing funds for councils to adopt an \u2018everyone in\u2019 policy which saw anyone rough sleeping housed in hotels to help protect them from the Covid pandemic.<\/p>\n When the pandemic was over, that support stopped, and young people especially found themselves unable to afford Bristol\u2019s spiralling rents, particularly if they have come from care, or unstable family accommodation situations.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Bristol records highest homeless rate in South West<\/a><\/p>\n
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St George’s House in Bristol city centre, one of several centres for young people in housing need run by 1625 Independent People(Image: 1625 Independent People)<\/p>\n